(05-14) 09:19 PDT RICHMOND -- A 14-year-old student was shot and wounded Wednesday morning near Kennedy High School in Richmond, police said.

The victim, whose name wasn't released, was walking near South 41st Street and Cutting Boulevard on the north edge of campus when he was shot in the leg about 8:30 a.m., said Richmond police Capt. Mark Gagan.

The victim ran about 200 yards to the quad area near the campus cafeteria and was intercepted by a Richmond police school resource officer, Gagan said.

The boy was taken to a hospital with wounds that were not life-threatening, Gagan said. Police were trying to determine whether the boy was the victim of a drive-by shooting or if the gunman was on foot, Gagan said.

The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution as police searched for the assailant.